Palin creates online buzz!

Over the last few days many faithful republicans have made themselves freely available to the media to explain why Sarah Palin is qualified to be Vice President of the United States.

Before the official announcement, many republicans (and most of the United States for that matter) had no idea who Palin was. Yet, the McCain camp is claiming that Palin is indeed the most famous governor in the United States!



There are also those who say that John McCain’s shock appeal is apart of his "maverick" style. But, with an economy in recession and troops in Iraq, do we have time for a potential president to play rebel?

No matter how you feel about McCain’s decision, one thing is for sure: bloggers and traditional media sites are having a field day. CNN’s Jack Cafferty wrote a blog about McCain’s decision and asked readers to respond. In less than two hours there were over eleven thousand posts.



Many left wing bloggers are praising McCain’s decision.

Surprised?

Well, its not because they agree with the decision but because they believe that McCain’s VP choice might have handed the presidential election over to Obama.

MyDD blogger “desmoinesdem” wrapped up the Democratic sentiment in one statement:

If today is John McCain's birthday, why did he give us a present?

Public Servant?

It was a rare moment on the Obama campaign. Three black men and two white women began interrupted Obama’s campaign speech in St Petersburg, Florida. The group held up a sign and began to yell “What about the black community”.



In protest of the group’s heckling, the audience began to yell. “Yes we can.” (Yes, we can what?)After calming down the audience Obama asked the group to wait till the end and he will address their concerns. A campaign worker then went over and took the sign (which I believe was totally wrong) and Obama with his Mr. Grinch like grin started his speech again.

During question and answer time the men were allowed to speak about their concerns. They charged Obama with ignoring critical issues that has affected the black community like Hurricane Katrina and the killing of Sean Bell. Obama then began to defend his position by stating that he immediately sent out statements regarding these issues.

The hecklers were not pleased and said he ignored the issues. Obama responded by telling the young man that he does not like the way he handled the situations then maybe he need to run for office.

A democracy is by the people and for the people. Or so they say .... If the people feel there needs are not being met they have every right to confront the people that have been put in place to serve the people. For Obama to tell the guy “if you don’t like the way I handled it them maybe you should run” was WRONG! We live in a state where public servants are here to serve their ego and own personal gain.